Re: [idn] RE: Normalisation and ASCII fallbacks

[James Seng <jseng@pobox.org.sg>]

Hi Mark,

I am refering to

Kent wrote:
>I suggest ignoring UTR 21.  Just downcase according to the 'default' 
>(non-normative) in the main property table for Unicode 3.0. 

I am wondering if there is any UTR for this which is unique to 3.0.

-James Seng

mark.davis@us.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> Go to www.unicode.org.
> The general data is under "Character Database".
> The case folding information is in a link from UTR#21, under "Technical
> Reports"
> 
> [I have not been able to read the slew of messages on this distribution
> list, but happened to see this one. Kent and I have been having a private
> conversation about case-folding vs. lowercasing.]
> 
> Mark
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> James Seng <jseng@pobox.org.sg>@ops.ietf.org on 2000/02/15 05:07:03 PM
> 
> Sent by:  owner-idn@ops.ietf.org
> 
> To:   Karlsson Kent - keka <keka@im.se>
> cc:   idn@ops.ietf.org
> Subject:  Re: [idn] RE: Normalisation and ASCII fallbacks
> 
> > > To do case folding to lower case, just use the main property table
> > > for Unicode 3.0. This has one to one mapping only which is
> > > very nice as it simplifies data handling.
> 
> I am still waiting for my Unicode 3.0 book to arrive but in the meantime, I
> think it would be useful if anyone can post a pointer to Unicode 3.0 and
> its
> related property such as case folding.
> 
> -James Seng